W.A.C. Bennett

ROTHENBURGER – The man who wanted to be leader of the province

August 31, 2026 // 2 Comments

ONCE UPON A TIME, there was a man who wanted to be our leader. When his party turned him down, he quit, announced he’d sit as an independent, then picked a different party. [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Regional divides in politics are not necessarily a bad thing

May 13, 2026 // 1 Comment

By NICHOLAS HAMSON Guest Columnist FOR YEARS, politics in British Columbia followed a fairly familiar pattern. You had the BC Liberals, later rebranded as BC United, the BC [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The turbulent era that led to an apology to the Sons of Freedom

March 2, 2024 // 3 Comments

THE SONS OF FREEDOM Doukhobor community received an official apology and $10 million this week for the removal of children from their homes in the 1950s. Without question, it [Continue]

SITE C – NDP-Green deal will burn British Columbians

June 8, 2017 // 4 Comments

By CHRIS GARDNER President, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. THE BIG SMILING premier from Kelowna always knew defeat in politics was inevitable. [Continue]

FORSETH – Can new life be breathed into an old party before next election?

May 16, 2017 // 4 Comments

IS CHRISTY CLARK at the end of her reign … and have the BC Liberals gone as far as they can go as the current big tent party? That’s a question that I, and many [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Minority and coalition governments aren’t new in B.C., and they don’t work

May 13, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT FEELS as though B.C. is entering brand new political territory, but this won’t be the first time the province has been governed by a minority government. And if we end [Continue]